Just This: New and Selected Poems - Paperback

by John Brehm (Author)

A powerful collection of poems from the bestselling creator of The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.

In Just This, beloved poet John Brehm returns with a rich and inclusive collection of his best poems. As he faces his own mortality and health challenges, Brehm offers us a moving, elegant, and refreshingly honest look at moments of beauty, pain, and insight in his own life. The collection also contains a substantial selection of poems from his previous books, allowing us to see the evolution of his work over the past twenty years, as his Dharma practice and his poetry practice become more integrated.

For readers, the lively, accessible poems in Just This may come to feel like companions--offering wisdom, comfort, and the blessed relief of laughter--as they walk through the ten thousand joys and sorrows of their own lives.

Author Biography

John Brehm is the author of four previous books of poetry: Sea of Faith, Help Is on the Way, No Day at the Beach, and Dharma Talk. He has published two anthologies, The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy and The Poetry of Grief, Gratitude, and Reverence, as well as a book of essays, The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and can be found online at johnbrehmpoet.com.